20. The reshah travaileth with pain all his yamim, and numbered shanim are reserved for the oppressor.
21. A dreadful sound is in his oznayim; during shalom the shoded (destroyer) shall come upon him.
22. He believeth not in a return from choshech, and he is marked for the cherev.
23. He wandereth about after lechem, saying, Where is it? He has da'as the Yom Choshech is near at hand for him.
24. Distress and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall seize him as a melech poised for battle.
25. For he stretcheth out his yad against El (G-d), and with insolence vaunts himself against Shaddai.
26. He charges against Him, with a stiff neck, with the thick bosses of his mogen (shield);